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● Take water in a stainless still container and put over fire. When the temperature rises
to 50-60 degrees Celcius add soda or soda soap (as per requirement) and stir well to
dissolve it.
● Immerse the cocoons tied in a thin muslin cloth and boil for 45-60 mins at 90-95
degrees Celcius.
● Wash the properly boiled cocoons in clear water and clean the inner dirts of the
cocoons (if any) and dry
● Make eri cakes putting 5-6 cocoons together.
● Use the cakes for spinning.
Sun drying of eri cocoons:
● Remove the pupae from the eri cocoons through the open end just after
harvesting, if the cocoons are not preserved for breeding purposes.
● Spread the empty cocoons in bamboo/wooden tray or on a tarpaulin in a thin layer
and expose to sun for 2 to 3 days.
● Follow the same procedure for eri cut cocoons also.
● These cocoons can be preserved for many years.
● If the cocoons are spun just after harvesting then shifting is not necessary.
● Other methods of shifting is not required for eri cocoons.
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